Joh 15:19-20 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. (20) Remember the...
Continue ReadingIf We are not Wise About Evil, Evil Will Conquer UsAuthor: Jeff Crippen
I am the pastor of Christ Reformation Church in Tillamook, Oregon, arriving here in 1993. I have been a pastor since 1983 and was a police officer for 12 years before that. My wife and I have been married since 1971. Verla is a medical assistant at a local clinic and in our spare time we like to hunt, fish, and ride our motorcycle.
When we Call Evil Out, We Will be Accused of being “Radical” and Faithless
Joh 8:12-14 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (13) So the Pharisees said to him, "You are bearing...
Continue ReadingWhen we Call Evil Out, We Will be Accused of being “Radical” and FaithlessA Common Accusation Made by Evildoers Against the Righteous
1Co 2:14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. Isa 28:13 And the word of...
Continue ReadingA Common Accusation Made by Evildoers Against the RighteousEvil Has no Shame – An Identifying Mark of the Evildoer
Jer 6:15 Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I punish them, they shall...
Continue ReadingEvil Has no Shame – An Identifying Mark of the EvildoerMany of Today’s “Christian” Counselors are Descendants of the Sons of Sceva
Act 19:13-16 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims." (14) Seven sons of a Jewish...
Continue ReadingMany of Today’s “Christian” Counselors are Descendants of the Sons of ScevaThe Bible Emphasizes “Being” – We Must not be Satisfied with “Doing”
Eph 4:20-24 But that is not the way you learned Christ!-- (21) assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, (22) to put off your old self, which belongs to...
Continue ReadingThe Bible Emphasizes “Being” – We Must not be Satisfied with “Doing”How Most Evangelical Churches and Ministries are Selling Indulgences, Just Like Rome
Galatians 1:6-8 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel-- (7) not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble...
Continue ReadingHow Most Evangelical Churches and Ministries are Selling Indulgences, Just Like RomeMy Experience as a Pastor With Evil in its Favorite Nesting Place – The Visible Church
Gal 1:14 And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. Php 3:4 though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh...
Continue ReadingMy Experience as a Pastor With Evil in its Favorite Nesting Place – The Visible ChurchLocal Churches are Giving Standing Ovations to the Wicked (Part 3)
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father's wife. And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let...
Continue ReadingLocal Churches are Giving Standing Ovations to the Wicked (Part 3)Local Churches are Giving Standing Ovations to the Wicked (Part 2)
Php 2:19-21 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you. (20) For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your...
Continue ReadingLocal Churches are Giving Standing Ovations to the Wicked (Part 2)